Original, most likely impressive for the time, but not my cup of tea.

i try to like it.but not enough to enjoy it.

Truly a thing of beauty; will always strike a chord.

I enjoyed the music, my cat enjoyed the visuals, both of us had a great time.

More of an experience than a movie. I think some of the later stories are a lot weaker than the first few. It is hard to stay so focused on this when there is no real narrative thread throughout the whole 2 hours. I kinda wish this would of cut the olympus one and made it shorter. Still it is something unique and I'm sure was really cool at the time to see in theaters.

Beautiful classical music, but not a film I can completely sit and watch whilst doing nothing else. I like to play it in the background whilst drawing.

For many of us, “Fantasia” served as our first proper encounter with classical music, not merely as passive listeners but with thoughtful reflections on the expressive value of sound and images. The intentions behind the film remain exceptionally noble and noteworthy to this day, although I must confess that I found the quality of the segments a little uneven. The introductory first 30 minutes, despite the variety of images, felt somewhat lackluster, mostly due to technical limitations. As a disturbed child, I naturally adored “A Night on Bald Mountain”, although the renowned “The Sorcerer's Apprentice” is probably even better.

Upon rewatch as an adult, I was surprised how hilariously mature this is. "Behold Satan, and the creatures of evil gathering to worship their master." "So now, imagine yourself in space, looking down on this lonely, tormented planet, spinning through an empty sea of nothingness." Good one, Deems!

Judged in historical context, this movie seems shockingly avant-garde. Really beautiful, wonderful ideas and it must have been a trip to see it at the time. These days, the various segments have aged at various rates. The standout sequences for me were Bach, the Nutcracker, and Bald Mountain. The dinosaurs and the Rite of Spring were quite dull. But the pinnacle was Mickey and the Sorcerer's Apprentice, which is just mainlining classic Disney magic for ten minutes. Doesn't get better than that.

A different way of looking at classical music, I love it.

This film is best appreciated after a basic understanding of the challenges and the craftmanship involved in creating an animated feature at this time, even with Walt Disney's resources there were obstacles and limitations. Many of these challenges and obstacles are removed or at least dampened in modern computer-assisted animation. For me, this is where my enjoyment comes from. I have better recordings of better performances of all the musical pieces in this film, and there are any number of better animated films I could watch. But nothing else like Fantasia exists. Even Fantasia 2000 does quite strike the same awe, knowing that many of the animation was computer-assisted. Everything in Fantasia was animated by hand, and therefore every artist had to be able to visualize the timing in addition to translating it visually.

I wouldn't introduce this film to someone without showing them some footage of a 2D animator at work and an explanation of how much work is involved in animating this way.

3 Thoughts After Watching ‘Fantasia’:

1. How does one possibly rate _Fantasia_? I feel like there are two ways: for what it’s accomplished and for its entertainment value — which, in my mind, are wildly opposing thoughts. It’s iconic, it’s gorgeous, and it’s groundbreaking for its time. On the other hand, I had to fight to stay awake.

2. Sorcerer Mickey is the best Mickey.

3. The dinosaur scenes were fairly depressing.